MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.92,-71.29 Latitude: 42.92 Longitude: -71.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 89 28.3 10.7 34 17.5 17.3 158 6 300.3 301.7 289.9 323.9 8.00 1 1000 204 25.6 9.3 36 16.3 15.7 164 8 298.8 300.1 288.9 320.5 7.38 2 950 651 21.1 8.4 44 12.8 13.6 177 7 298.6 300.0 288.8 320.1 7.28 3 900 1115 16.8 7.6 54 9.3 11.4 192 6 298.8 300.2 288.8 320.2 7.27 4 850 1599 12.3 6.8 69 5.5 9.2 197 5 299.1 300.4 288.9 320.6 7.32 5 800 2104 8.8 5.2 78 3.6 6.8 286 1 300.5 301.8 289.1 321.2 6.96 6 750 2636 6.4 1.0 69 5.4 3.6 353 5 303.5 304.5 288.8 320.1 5.49 7 700 3200 4.2 -4.8 52 9.0 0.0 330 5 307.2 307.9 288.4 319.1 3.83 8 650 3800 1.3 -8.1 50 9.4 -2.8 315 6 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.5 3.19 9 600 4440 -2.3 -11.1 51 8.8 -5.8 315 9 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.3 2.72 10 550 5126 -6.2 -15.7 47 9.5 -9.5 323 12 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.5 2.05 11 500 5865 -10.7 -21.7 40 11.0 -13.9 325 13 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.35 12 450 6667 -16.1 -28.3 34 12.2 -18.9 315 16 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.9 0.83 13 400 7542 -22.7 -35.9 29 13.2 -24.9 320 18 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.44 14 350 8505 -30.6 -42.0 32 11.3 -31.9 322 19 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.27 15 300 9580 -39.3 -50.3 30 11.0 -39.9 310 29 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 16 250 10811 -45.7 -61.1 16 15.4 -46.2 307 47 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12270 -53.4 -64.6 24 11.2 -53.6 298 43 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14109 -56.1 -76.8 6 20.7 -56.4 278 32 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16648 -62.0 -84.5 3 22.4 -62.3 285 18 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.02 m Freezing level: 632.06 mb = 4029.63 m = 13220.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.65 mb = 3204.19 m = 10512.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.92 mb = 2271.34 m = 7451.82 ft T: 8.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 3.86 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.48 mb = 3240.88 m = 10632.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.38 C = 95.69 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 20.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8666.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.82 mb = 2251.41 m = 7386.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 25.59 m/s